Postal-card photograph-mount.



G. N. PIPER. POSTAL CARD PHOTOGRAPH MOUNT.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.18,1907.

922,035, I Patented May 18, 1909.

EATENT FFiQf-l.

GEORGE N. PIFER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

POSTAL-CARD PHOTOGRAPH-MOUNT.

Application filed. December 1.3, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnoiron Ii". Pirnn, a citizen of the United States,residii'ig in Cleveland, Ohio, have invented certain Tmprovements inPostal Card Photograph- .iiounts, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to a postal card of that type which is intended toat the same time as a mount for a photograph for transmission of thelatter through the mails, the object of my invention being provide apostal card of such type, designed to iacilirate the proper mounting ofthe phot' 'raph thereon; to protect the photograph from in jury duringtransmission; to prevent the tearing loose of that member of the cardwhich confines the photograph; to so stiffen or strengthen the card asto prevent bending or cracking of the same, and to render unnecessarythe employment of separate pieces in the composition of the card. Theseobjects I attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspectiveView of the rear side of a postal card photograph mount, made inaccordance with my invention, as it appears before the application of apicture thereto; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the rear side of thecard as the same appears when prepared for mailing; Fig. 3 is ahorizontal sectional view on the line aa, Fig. 1, but on a somewhatlarger scale; F ig. at is a face view of the card as prepared formailing, and Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view on the line b?), Fig.4.

A photographic postal card made in accordance with my invention is abouthalf as long again as the ordinary postal card, and it is composed ofthree members, 1, 2, and 3, there being between the members 1 and 2 ofthe card a bend or offset't. whereby these members are disposed indifferent planes, differing to the extent of the thickness of the card.Between the members 2 and 3 of the card the face of the latter isscored, grooved or otherwise weakened, as shown for intance at 5, inFig. 3, in order that the card may be readily folded on that line, andthe member 3 has formed in it an opening 6, and is coated on the backwith adhesive material 7.

The photographic picture 9 is applied to the back of the member 3 of thecard in proper relation to the opening 7 therein,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1909.

Serial No. 406,365.

and is secured to said member by the adhesive material on the back ofthe same, the area of the photograph being somewhat less than the areaof the member 3, in order that suflicient of the adhesive surface may bepresented beyond the margin of the photograph to insure the firmadhesion of the members 2 and 3 of the card to one another when theadhesive surface of the member 3 has been moistened and said member hasbeen folded over onto the member 2 and pressed down upon the latter.When this has been done the inner edge of the folded member 3 isprotected by the bend or offset at between the members 1 and 2 of thecard, and said member 3 is not, therefore, likely to be torn loose fromthe member 2 by any rough handling to which the card is subjected duringits transmission through the mails, the outer edges of the members 2 and3 being connected together, so that the separation of these edges isequally unlikely.

By reason of the fact that throughout one half of its extent a postalcard constructed in accordance with my invention is twice as thick as anordinary card, its strength and stiffness are materially increased.

By preference, the member 2 of the card to which the member 3 is unitedis that which carries the address as shown in Fig. 4, so that even ifthe member 1 of the card should be torn off during transmission, theportion of the card containing the picture and the address still remainsand this portion of the card is reasonably sure to reach its intendeddestination.

The face of the card is not mutilated and weakened by the formationtherein of the opening for the exposure of the picture, and the card iscomposed of one continuous piece, and is, in consequence, cheaper than acard which has a piece of thin paper or other material pasted upon theback of the same in order to retain in place a photograph to be viewedthrough an opening in the face of the card. 1

In a postal card photograph mount made in accordance with my invention,not only is the picture properly protected but the card is so stiffenedand strengthened as to prevent buckling or curling of the same due tothe wetting or moistening of a portion of it in applying the picturethereto and securing the two members of the card together, and the cardis better adapted to resist bending and injury to the picture whichmight result from rough handling during transmission, than a cardcomposed of relatively thin paper throughout, or an ordinary card with athin paper backing.

I claim 1. A postal card consisting of a single piece of material havinga projecting end member to be folded back over onto and secured to anadjoining member of the card, in order to confine a picture between saidmembers, one of the latter having an opening through which the picturecan be viewed, and another end member with an offset be tween the sameand the adjoining member.

2. A postal card consisting of a single piece, of material having aprojecting end member with opening therein, said member being sodisposed that it can be folded back over onto the back of the adjoiningmember of the card to confine a picture between the two, and another endmember with an offset between the same and the adjoining member.

3. A postal card comprising three members disposed in line with oneanother, one of said members having therein an opening for the displayof a picture, and an offset between one of the end members and theintermediate member.

4. A postal card having three members disposed in line with one another,one of the end members being adapted to be folded over onto theintermediate member and to confine a picture between said members, saidcard also having an offset between the other end member and theintermediate member, whereby the inner edge of the folded member isprotected.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE N. PIFER.

